Shaheen six wickets help Pakistan win by 94 runs

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05 July, 2019, 07:30 pm
Last modified: 05 July, 2019, 11:56 pm
Bangladesh were all out for 221 runs, chasing 315 against Pakistan and as a result losing their last World Cup group stage match by a big margin at Lord's on Friday.

After 40 Overs

Bangladesh 197/6

Mahmudullah 29 (40), Saifuddin 0 (0)

Shadab 7-0-46-1

Wahab 7-0-33-1

After 30 Overs

Shaheen Shah Afridi once again came into the attack and dismissed a well set Liton Das for 32 to set Bangladesh back in the chase again.

Bangladesh 144/4

Shakib 57 (68), Mahmudullah 6 (10)

Shadab 5-0-35-0

Shaheen 5-0-14-2

After 20 Overs

Wahab Riaz and Shaheen Shah Afridi took the big wickets of Mushfiqur Rahim and Tamim Iqbal to set Bangladesh further back.

Bangladesh 86/3

Shakib 34 (47),  Liton 4 (11)

Wahab 4-0-15-1

Imad 2-0-6-0

After 10 Overs

Soumya Sarkar ended his World Cup campaign on a disappointing note, scoring just 22 in an innings where he was dropped once, to put Pakistan ahead. 

Bangladesh 47/1

Shakib 17 (19), Tamim 8 (19)

Hafeez 5-1-24-0

Shaheen 1-0-2-0

Bangladesh Innings

 

After 50 Overs

Bangladesh came back well, especially through Mustafizur Rahman, who took his second fifer in as many games. The left-arm fast bowler also became the fourth fastest in ODI history to reach the landmark of 100 ODI wickets. 

Pakistan 315/9

Sarfaraz 3 (3), Shaheen 0 (0)

Mustafizur 10-0-75-5

Saifuddin 9-0-77-3

After 30 Overs

Imam-ul-Haq and Babar Azam built a solid partnership with some excellent shots against the Bangladesh bowlers, who went on the defensive as a result.

Pakistan 163/1

Babar 86 (91), Imam 57 (58)

Mustafizur 5-0-40-0

Mehidy 6-0-13-0

After 10 Overs

Pakistan started slow after losing the wicket of Fakhar Zaman early for 13 against the bowling of Saifuddin.

Pakistan 38/1

Babar 14 (14), Imam 11 (15)

Mustafizur 1-07-0

Mehidy 5-0-9-0

 

Pakistan innings

 

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat first in a game they must win by 308-runs to qualify for the semi finals.

Bangladesh made two changes to their side bringing back Mahmudullah Riyad, who has recovered sufficiently from a grade 1 hamstring tear, and Mehidy Hasan Miraz who has replaced fast bowler Rubel Hossain. 

Bangladesh: 1 Tamim Iqbal, 2 Soumya Sarkar, 3 Shakib Al Hasan, 4 Mushfiqur Rahim (wk), 5 Liton Das, 6 Mahmudullah, 7 Mosaddek Hossain, 8 Mehidy Hasan Miraz, 9 Mohammad Saifuddin 10 Mashrafe Mortaza (capt), 11 Mustafizur Rahman

Pakistan: 1 Imam-ul-Haq, 2 Fakhar Zaman, 3 Babar Azam, 4 Mohammad Hafeez, 5 Haris Sohail, 6 Sarfaraz Ahmed (capt & wk), 7 Imad Wasim, 8 Shadab Khan, 9 Mohammad Amir, 10 Wahab Riaz, 11 Shaheen Afridi

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